Playing his 50th Test, opener Murali Vijay looked rock solid to remain unbeaten on 42 along with Cheteshwar Pujara on 10 not out at stumps.

Earlier, the opening duo of Rahul (67) and Vijay led India's fightback with a 91-run stand before the Karnataka right-hander was sent back by pacer Pat Cummins caught behind by wicketkeeper Matthew Wade.

Following is the scoreboard at the end of the second day's play in the third cricket Test between India and Australia here on Friday.

Australia 1st innings: overnight 299/4

Matt Renshaw c Kohli b Yadav 44

David Warner c & b Jadeja 19

Steve Smith not out 178

Shaun Marsh c Pujara b Ashwin 2

Peter Handscomb lbw b Yadav 19

Glenn Maxwell c Saha b Jadeja 104

Matthew Wade c Saha b Jadeja 37

Pat Cummins b Jadeja 0

Steve O'Keefe c Vijay b Yadav 25

Nathan Lyon c Nair b Jadeja 1

Josh Hazlewood run out (Jadeja/Rahul) 0

Extras (b 9, lb 11, nb 2) 22

Total (all out; 137.3 overs) 451

Fall of wickets:1-50 (Warner, 9.4 ov), 2-80 (Renshaw, 22.3 ov), 3-89 (Marsh, 25.1 ov), 4-140 (Handscomb, 42.2 ov), 5-331 (Maxwell, 101.2 ov), 6-395 (Wade, 115.4 ov), 7-395 (Cummins, 115.6 ov), 8-446 (O'Keefe, 134.3 ov), 9-449 (Lyon, 135.6 ov), 10-451 (Hazlewood, 137.3 ov)

Bowling: Ishant Sharma 20-2-70-0, Umesh Yadav 31-3-106-3, Ravichandran Ashwin 34-2-114-1, Ravindra Jadeja 49.3-8-124-5, Murali Vijay 3-0-17-0

India 1st innings:

Lokesh Rahul c Wade b Cummins 67

Murali Vijay not out 42

Cheteshwar Pujara not out 10

Extras (lb 1) 1

Total (in 39.5 overs) 120 for 1

Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Rahul, 31.2 ov)

Bowling: Josh Hazlewood 9-2-25-0, Pat Cummins 10-1-22-1, Steve O'Keefe 9.5-2-30-0, Nathan Lyon 11-0-42-0.

Teams:

India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma.

Australia: David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith (Captain), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wadea, Steve O'Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Patt Cummins, Josh Hazlewood.